• @conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    Hold on, so let me get this straight, they’re being arrested for interfering with a kidnapping? Because the officers were in plain clothes, did not identify themselves, and one of them was wearing a balaclava. Mf, you could be anybody. Fuck that. There’s a number of states where, if you’re being stopped, the officer must produce some kind of proof of their status as a law enforcement officer if asked. Ofc, that was before we were in the dictatorship. Now, cops get the choice between identifying themselves and possibly getting their family members to launch a GoFundMe page.

    • @null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10025 days ago

      You’re looking at it the wrong way.

      It doesn’t matter who’s on the right side of the law. They don’t care if they lose this case.

      They’re trying to make ordinary citizens fearful of speaking up or calling them out. When they come to take your neighbors away they want you to look the other way because you don’t want to get involved.

      Honestly, it’s horrifying.

      • Rhaedas
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        They’re trying to normalize it. And they will succeed if it happens enough time and people don’t do anything against it.

        • Kairos
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          Some states might have it in law explicitly. Like some state constitutions duplicate first amendment protections. Or they might have a statewide identification system.

          But a cop who doesn’t display a badge is not a cop - they are a criminal thug.

            • You stop being a cop the minute you break the law

              By that criteria, all the murder, domestic violence, abuse of power, and obstruction of justice would indicate that there’s NO cops in the US… #ACAB

    • Any prosecutions should fail because there is no mens rea (intent) which is a requirement under criminal law (until the judicial branch is fully captured). The purpose right now is to send a signal that they are above the law and chill anyone attempting to stop them.

    • @redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1325 days ago

      Many places this would get you shot. Clips from Brazil come to mind as well as Texas and Florida… Or just like Philadelphia

  • @Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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    “It is shameful” wrote an ICE spokesman who declined to be named in a Saturday morning statement, “that the Commonwealth Attorney, a sworn officer of the court and fellow law enforcement officer, has decided to prioritize politics over public safety"

    Oh that is fucking rich coming from someone working for the Trump administration.

  • @PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    When this happens, be certain to record and remember any identifying characteristics (tattoos, height, weight, hair color, hair length, clothing, etc…) of the kidnappers. Spread the info far and wide. They’re wearing masks and hiding their identities because they KNOW they’re doing something wrong.

    • @800XL@lemmy.world
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      And the same facial recognition tech that they use against citizens also works against them. They cover their faces because they don’t want to be doxxed and held responsible for their actions.

  • StinkyFingerItchyBum
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    “It is shameful,” wrote an ICE spokesman who declined to be named.

    Well, that’s everything you needed to know. This is what the 2nd ammendment was for. All enemies foreign and domestic.

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      Weird, the NRA and all the most vocal gun supporters are deafeningly silent about the recent chaos and destruction of this country. They’re literally ignoring your rights.

  • UltraMagnus0001
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    People try to kidnap you, you shoot em, right. I think it’s Time to start shooting.

    • @DicJacobus@lemmy.world
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      anyone who makes that decision is, consciously in the moment, understanding their life is over.

      ICE while in practice is acting like a secret police for the purposes of deporting undesireables of the regime, is still a federal police force, and a LOT of police are angry, trigger happy or bloodthirsty cokeheads.

      you shoot at them, they’re killing you. end of story.

  • @Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    It won’t be long before people and neighborhoods start violently defending against ICE activities like this.

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    “My investigation is balanced and impartial, and I have received input from the federal agencies involved in making the arrests, all the more reason, it seems to me, to conclude that the ICE spokesperson’s attack on my integrity was misguided,” [Hingeley] said. “I leave it to my constituents to decide who was ‘posturing for the media.’”

    Reading the article, I want to show it to my family immediately. They said the comparison to 1933 Germany is exaggerated.

    • @msprout@lemmy.world
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      I truly do not understand what it will take for my fellow Americans to become aware.

      I assume that at this point, an unhealthy amount of Americans find politics distasteful and they try their best to avoid it — people who are just as affected by it as I am!

  • @peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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    3525 days ago

    Ah. See, that’s how you know you did the right thing.

    If their only response is “let us kidnap people or your going to jail!” Then that’s a hell of a lot more than the people deported without due process

  • @crumbguzzler5000@feddit.org
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    Its time for community action! Thats the only chance of standing up against these tyrants rolling into these areas and abducting people.

  • @CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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    History books are going to be wild.

    Early 1900’s… it’s going to be about Nazi’s and the SS.

    Early 2000’s… it’s going to be MAGA and ICE.

  • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    2024 days ago

    Well if you’re going to be prosecuted for peacefully protesting, you might as well do it non-peacefully.

  • @Almacca@aussie.zone
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    625 days ago

    Good luck with that. I say let 'em try. They think this makes them look less like fascist cunts?